Death of King Edward II Sparks Multiple Obsequial Plans
London reports the death of King Edward prompts official arrangements. The king will lie in state at Westminster Hall after Buckingham Palace, with the funeral likely set for May 20. His oak casket from Windsor’s royal forest will rest in St James Chapel before final interment in Albert Chapel.
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London
Edward
Edward VII
Albert Memorial Chapel
Windsor
Duke of Clarence
Westminster Hall
House of Pariament
Gladstone
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
Royal Forest
St. James Chapel
Windsor Castle
Albert Chapel
Fifteen Die as Hull Explosives Plant Blows Up
Fifteen people are dead and about fifty injured after blinding white explosive blew at the General Explosives Co. works in Hull Quebec near Ottawa. Massive stone magazine walls were torn into rock projectiles, sending debris over a half mile radius and shattering Show windows on Sparks and Rideau streets. Damage is estimated around $100000.
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Ottawa
Ont
General Explosives Co
Hull
P. Q
Sparks
Rideau
Miners and Guards Clash at Yukton Near Greensburg
In Yukton, near Greensburg, miners and company guards fought a brutal clash. One man killed instantly, another dying, and reports say two more miners were fatally wounded and carried to friends’ houses. The unrest stems from a month long unionizing drive across Irwin and Grensburg coal fields involving about 12,000 workers.
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Greensburg
Pat
Yukton
Irwin
Grensburg
Fight Over Railroad Bill in Senate Delays Vote
The senate will debate three main provisions this week on the railroad bill. The issues are retention of capitalization and stock features, the insurgents long and short haul amendment, and whether the interstate commerce commission or the department of justice defends its orders in court.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ihs
Department of Justice
Rockefeller abandons plan for national foundation charter
Washington dispatch says John D. Rockefeller dropped pursuit of a national charter for his proposed foundation. Starr J. Murphy, Rockefeller’s counsel for Standard Oil, called the report without foundation and denied Rockefeller’s involvement with the Economic and General Foundation, whose charter from New York was for an aged man of wealth with funds reportedly totaling 2,600 and 40 to spend.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Starr J. Murphy
Rockefeller
Standard
Murphy
Economic and Geneal Foundation
New York
Noted Author's Wife Dies in New York Home
Boston physician Dr Max Baff of Clark College Worcester and a member of the American Medical Association says there is little to choose between women and uncivilized beings from a psychological viewpoint. In New York Mrs Eleanor Mead Howells wife of novelist William Dean Howells dies after long illness at home.
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Boston
Max Baff
Clark College
Worcester
The
American Medical Association
New York
Illassa
Eleanor Mead Howells
William Dean Howells
Andover
Roosevelt Delivers Nobel Prize Lecture on International Peace
Col Theodore Roosevelt spoke before the Nobel prize committee in Christiania on the topic of International Peace. He praised the Nobel award, announced he would use the prize money to fund industrial peace, and received royal welcome with King Haakon and Queen Maud as crowds cheered and streets decorated in American and Norwegian colors.
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Christiania
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
United States
Haakon
Queen Maud
Konow
Irgens
Steamers Collide Off Cape Cod in Dense Fog
Provincetown Massachusetts May 5. The freight steamer Santurce and the steamer Ligonier collided in fog off Cape Cod. Santurce arrived with a 12-foot hole and water in the after compartment. No injuries reported. Captain Folker managed the crew as panic spread among men who jumped to the other vessel.
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Provincetown
Mass
Parfish
Ligonier
Cape Cod
Santurce
Folker
State Restes in Hyde Trial in Kansas City
Mrs. Margaret Swope testified in the murder trial of Dr. B. C. Hyne, recounting her brother-in-law Col. Thomas H. Swope's death and the seizure and death of Mose Hunton. Her voice quivered as she described events, and the jury heard the last testimony for the state.
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Margaret Swope
Kansas City, Mo
Logan C. Swope
B. C. Hyne
Thomas H. Swope
Doctor Hyde
Mrs. Hyde
Treasury estimates May 2 per capita money circulation at 34.46
Treasury figures place the US population at 90,123,000 on May 2 with per capita money in circulation of 34.46 dollars. The April rose by 0.42 dollars due to April exports of gold totaling about 30 million dollars, leaving total money in circulation at 3,104,547,273 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Fire panic at ball game near Chillicothe
A fire broke out in the seventh inning of the Ohio State league opener between Chillicothe and Lancaster causing a stadium panic. Park staff evacuated patrons as flames enveloped the grand stand and bleachers, with injuries from trampling reported and no loss of life.
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Chillicothe
Chillcothe
Lancaster
Senate to Approve New Battleship Request
The administration wins approval as the Senate Naval Affairs Committee favors accepting the House bill provision for a new battleship, marking progress toward Washington's demanded vessel.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Deadly Alabama mine blast entombs dozens at Palos No. 8
A Palos Coal & Coke mine explosion in Palos Alabama killed an estimated 45 white men and 150 Black workers. Rescue efforts were hampered by bad air and a subsequent cave in blocking access. Justice of the peace Samuel Goolsby died nearby, and many workers were listed by numbers due to poor records.
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Palos
Ala
Alabama
Palos Coal & Coke Company
Birmingham
Samuel Goolsby
Dr Hyde Scores a Point in Kansas City Trial
Dr Ernest E Smith of Fordham University testified that the state gave him a severe job and he was excused at the close of direct examination. Dr Crosse testified that hydrocyanic acid forms in preserved viscera and that formaldehyde underlies embalming fluids used on the bodies of Co Thomas and Chrisman Swope.
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Kansas City
Ernest E. Smith
Fordham University
New York
B. ©. Hyde
Crosse
Thomas and
Chrisman
Swope
Cress
Mattoon Officials Indicted Over Township Election
Mattoon Illinois May 7 mayor Charles T Welch and Chief of Police John W Walch indicted by Coles county grand jury on charges of malfeasance and perjury tied to the April 6 township election.
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Mattoon
Ill
Charles T.,welch
John W. Walch
Coles County
Grand Jury
Fire Devastates Japanese Town Leaving Thousands Homeless
A major blaze in Kobe and Aomori area destroyed public buildings and homes. Officials report about 8,000 people displaced as fires swept through northern Japan. Rescue crews and local authorities coordinate shelter and aid efforts for affected residents.
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Kobe
Japan
Aomori
Cartago Earthquake Kills 1000 In Costa Rica
The May 7 earthquake in Cartago Costa Rica killed about 1000 people and left hundreds injured as buildings collapsed. Wires were down and rescue teams from nearby towns aided the stricken city amid fires and widespread destruction.
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Costa Rica
Managua
Nicaragua
Caratago
Cartago
San Juan del Sur
Governor Orders Troops to Danville and Westville
Governor Deneen directed Illinois militia companies stationed at Danville and Champaign to report to Vermillion County Sheriff to help keep order in mining districts near Danville and Westville where unrest has grown after saloons reopened under local option.
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Springfield
Ill
Deneen
Danville
Champaign
Vermillion County
Westville
Hearst Sues Watterson and Courier Journal for One Hundred Thousand
Hearst files in federal court through lawyer Leon P. Lewis to recover 100000 from Henry Watterson and the Courier-Journal. Suit stems from an April 30 editorial praising Mayor Gaynor’s attack on Hearst and accepting Gaynor’s charges as proven.
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Louisville
Leon P. Lewis
William Randolph Hearst
Courier-Journal
Watterson
Mr. Hearst
Gaynor
New York
Referee selection stalls in Jack Johnson fight talks
In San Francisco on May 6 the attempt to choose a referee for the Jet fres Johnson match ended in a deadlock after thirty minutes of discussion. Promoters Tex Hickard and Jack Gleason then adjourned the decision to May 16.
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San Francisco
Jet ‘Fres Johnson
Sam Berger
Jack Johnson
Tex Hickard
Jack Gleason
The
Questton
Indictments Link Browne Wilson and Link in Illinois bribery case
A Cook County grand jury indicts Representative Lee Browne for paying $850 to Charles White to swing a vote for William Lorimer as U S senator. Co-defendants Robert Wilson and Michael Link face perjury charges over testimony about a St Louis jackpot scheme. Bonds set at 15000 for Browne and Wilson and 5000 for Link.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Ill
Charles A. White
O’fallon
William Lorimer
United States
Browne
White
Briggs House
Robert B. Wilson
Michael
Link
Mitchell
St. Louis
Kersten
Wilson
Wayman
Cook County
Springfield
Nee Bond
Lorimer
Brown
Ranch Sold in San Patricia County for 1.26 Million
Corpus Christi May 7 announcement states the John J. Welder ranch in San Patricia county sold to George H. Paul of Texas for $1,260,000. The land will be colonized by farmers.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
John J. Welder
San Patricia County
George H. Paul
Texas
Mill Idle Figures Stir Beattie Wash Processing Move
Beattie Washington mills joining a movement to curtail state mill output report 80 percent of mill age idle as of May. The statement cites widespread idle capacity amid pressure to reduce production and stabilize prices.
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Beattie
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Columbus Man
John L. Perry of Columbus Texas reports illness starting with backache and urinary issues led to Bright's disease and dropsy. He says Doan's Kidney Pills gave prompt relief and saved his life. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milling Co Buffalo NY.
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John L. Perry
Columbus
Texas
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Pugilist Encounters Spider in Fateful Match
A boxer finds himself in an improbable bout with a spider during a match, prompting shock and quick crowd reaction as officials intervene. The creature’s presence disrupts the fight and raises questions about safety and ring etiquette.
Thaddeus Davids ink firm offers wax set with order
An ad for Thaddeus Davids Co. claims its Electro-Chemical Writing fluid is used by every U S post office and offers a box of three tinted sealing wax sticks in exchange for 10 cents. The piece also briefly includes a venting remark about politeness and a subway anecdote.
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Thaddeus Davids Co
United States
van Dam St
New York
Easy Task Laundry Soap Promises Spotless White Linen
An ad urges women to welcome unexpected company by using Easy Task laundry soap. It claims the soap fights dirt and keeps fabrics clean, promising a prideful table setting once linens are bright white. Try it next Monday to transform washday.
Suffragette hears Cannon say roles for men and women
In Washington a dinner remark from a speaker to a young suffragette frames gender roles. He says there is room for both, noting men have their work and women have theirs, with the inner man and outer woman as the framing idea.
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Speaker. Cannon
Washington
Local Toledo Firms Mention Property Auction Plans
Fragmentary text references Cavannah or Cavannm assets and a public dealing in Toledo Ohio. Mentions A. W. Gleason and Cheney & Co firms with dates in December. Details are unreadable but indicate a planned sale or auction in the city.
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Mseeene & Co
Toledo
Drain on Country's Resources 1908 Alien Crime and Pauper Rates
In 1908 the foreign born population reached 13.6 percent but accounted for 16.6 percent of criminals, 20.8 percent of paupers, and 29.6 percent of the insane. Aliens in institutions rose 34 percent from 1904 to 1908.
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DR. Hyde
Hearst
James Keeley
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Jones
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